lines in tabulate tables

lines in tabulate tables

[Ed L Cashin]

Hi.  I have two questions, really.  I know that I can get a horizontal
line with \ML in a tabulate table.  \HL doesn't seem to work for me,
though.

  ecashin@marblerye tmp$ cat test.tex
  \starttext
  \starttabulate
  \NC hi \NC there \NC \NR
  \HL
  \NC yo \NC there \NC \NR
  \ML
  \NC whassup \NC there \NC \NR
  \stoptabulate
  \stoptext
  ecashin@marblerye tmp$ texexec --pdf test < /dev/null
  
   TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003
  
              executable : pdfetex
                  format : cont-en
               inputfile : test
                  output : pdftex
               interface : en
            current mode : none
                 TeX run : 1
  
  This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1)
  entering extended mode
  (test.tex[/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg]

  ConTeXt  ver: 2003.8.21  fmt: 2003.9.12  int: english  mes: english
...

The resulting test.pdf has only one horizontal line.  It's above
"whassup there".

My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate tables? 

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Re: lines in tabulate tables

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi,


Ed L Cashin <ecashin@uga.edu> writes:

> Hi.  I have two questions, really.  I know that I can get a horizontal
> line with \ML in a tabulate table.  \HL doesn't seem to work for me,
> though.

your ConTeXt version is either too old or too new. Depends on how you
look at it. \HL was deactivated a few weeks ago (when?), and now
partly reintroduced, but not 100% compatible as before. There was a
discussion on this topic a couple days ago.

> My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate tables? 

without thinking about it I'd say: you can't. 


Patrick
-- 
You are your own rainbow!

Re: Re: lines in tabulate tables

[Ed L Cashin]

Patrick Gundlach <pg@levana.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
>
> Ed L Cashin <ecashin@uga.edu> writes:
>
>> Hi.  I have two questions, really.  I know that I can get a horizontal
>> line with \ML in a tabulate table.  \HL doesn't seem to work for me,
>> though.
>
> your ConTeXt version is either too old or too new. Depends on how you
> look at it. \HL was deactivated a few weeks ago (when?), and now
> partly reintroduced, but not 100% compatible as before. There was a
> discussion on this topic a couple days ago.

I bet it's too new.  The original post includes the exact version if
anyone wants to check.

>> My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate tables? 
>
> without thinking about it I'd say: you can't. 

I hope it's supported.  Tabulate is a very sophisticated environment
with fancy features.  Vertical lines seem like a basic feature.

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Re: Re: lines in tabulate tables

[Hans Hagen]

At 20:52 01/10/2003, you wrote:

> > My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate tables?
>
>without thinking about it I'd say: you can't.

indeed, it's on my to do list (i.e. when i need it); dirty trick (only non 
pars):

\starttabulate[|b{\vl\quad}a{\quad\vl}|b{\vl\quad}a{\quad\vl}|]
\NC test \NC test \NC \NR
\NC test \NC test \NC \NR
\stoptabulate 

Re: Re: lines in tabulate tables

[Ed L Cashin]

Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:

> At 20:52 01/10/2003, you wrote:
>
>> > My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate tables?
>>
>>without thinking about it I'd say: you can't.
>
> indeed, it's on my to do list (i.e. when i need it); dirty trick (only
> non pars):
>
> \starttabulate[|b{\vl\quad}a{\quad\vl}|b{\vl\quad}a{\quad\vl}|]
> \NC test \NC test \NC \NR
> \NC test \NC test \NC \NR
> \stoptabulate

Thanks for the dirty trick.  My major professor made fun of my use of
context when he found out that I couldn't easily put a vertical line
in a table.  :)  

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Re: Re: lines in tabulate tables

[Willi Egger]

Ed L Cashin wrote

> Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:
>
> > At 20:52 01/10/2003, you wrote:
> >
> >> > My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate
tables?
> >>
> >>without thinking about it I'd say: you can't.
> >
> > indeed, it's on my to do list (i.e. when i need it); dirty trick (only
> > non pars):
> >
> > \starttabulate[|b{\vl\quad}a{\quad\vl}|b{\vl\quad}a{\quad\vl}|]
> > \NC test \NC test \NC \NR
> > \NC test \NC test \NC \NR
> > \stoptabulate
>
> Thanks for the dirty trick.  My major professor made fun of my use of
> context when he found out that I couldn't easily put a vertical line
> in a table.  :)
>
There are of course other Context environments where you are definitely able
to prodce lines in whatever style.
\starttable{} .. \stoptable for simple tables may be you compile the
module-documentation form core-tab.tex
\bTABLE ... \eTABLE for difficult tables  there is a example file on
pragma-site!

Regards Willi